Impsoyement is metal hated soles



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNEl Be it known that I, Enssrvs BLAKESLEE, of Plymouth, in the county of Litchfield, und Stute of Connoci tient, here invented a new and useful Improvement in Meinl Plated S'oles; end I do hereby declare the following,

when taken in connection with the accompaying drawings onli the letters of reference marked thereon, to be e full, clear, and exact description of the seme, and which saidorowings constitute part of this specification, and represent, i! K Figure 1, a vien' of the ontside of the sole; and iu Figure 2. u. section on lino'x x.

My invention relates to nn improvement in plating soles of boots end shoes with thin metal, and my invention consists in the peculiar manner of plating, whereby the originel flexibility of the lcether is retained.

To enable others skilled in the ort to construct und use my' improvement, I will, proceed to describe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying draw/ings.

From ordinary sole leather I out the sole, whether it he half sole or Whole sole, of the usuel form sind the proper' size for the boot or shoe to which it is to be applied. Upon the outside of the sole thus formed, I secure narrow strips of sheet metal, a, covering the sole nearly to the edge, es seen in g. 1. These strips I secure by oval-headed or other. nails extending through the solo, andrivetod upon theinsitle The strips being narrow and running crosswise of the solo, the solo retains tiresome flexibility that it had before the application of the plate. By thus plating the solo, I am enabled to plate the soles before application to the boot or shoe. Soles for boots sind shoes have been plated by applying thereto opiate in a single picco nearly covering the sole, which makes the solo very stiil` and uncomfortable for the wearer; or India-rubber soles have been plated, tho plete being out so as to cover the edge of rho solo and lesive portions oi the foce of the sole exposedJ es in the patent of Edward Gr. Kinsley, October 8th, 1861, which is but little less rigid than the single plate, und very little it' any protection to the fece oi' the sole. n

I do not therefore broadly claim a metal plated sole, but what I do claim es new und useful, und desire to secure by Letters Potent, is-

Yleting soles for boots und shoes with strips of metal', when the said strips nrc formed und arranged so its to completely cover thc face of the sole, substantially us'ancl for the purpose specified.

' i ERASTUS BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. Emma,

M. A. Hum, 

